Virginia · Public charity
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
To bridge the financial needs of the rural electric network with the expectations of the global capital markets, one cooperative at a time.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $154,659
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 41
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 43 | $1.1M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $1.5M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $1.4M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $1.2M | 2% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $1.2M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | $1,821,897 | 9 | 0% |
| Texas Electric Cooperatives Inc | $461,650 | 9 | n/a |
| Missouri Electric Cooperatives Association of Mo Electric Cooperatives | $433,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Tennessee Electric Cooperative Assoc | $294,300 | 9 | 2% |
| South Dakota Rural Electric Association | $285,219 | 9 | 4% |
| Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives | $267,472 | 9 | 1% |
| Georgia Electric Membership Corporation | $251,850 | 8 | 0% |
| Minnesota Rural Electric Association | $248,400 | 9 | 1% |
| Grand Canyon State Electric Coop Inc | $247,400 | 9 | 8% |
| Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives | $246,700 | 9 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Cooperative Development Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
- How much does National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation give?
- National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation reported 43 grants totaling $1,124,281 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Community Improvement (31%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association ($1.8M), Texas Electric Cooperatives Inc ($462k), Missouri Electric Cooperatives Association of Mo Electric Cooperatives ($433k).
- Does National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cooperative Development Foundation.
- Where is National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation based?
- National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation is based in VA.
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